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A change of programmes

Published 16 December 2023

The death of the backbone of ITV

Snatch of the day

Published 6 November 2023

ITV audaciously steals the football from the BBC and BSB

Talented television

Published 30 July 2023

Thames: a talent for television we still miss

Another chance to see… the time

Published 7 July 2023

If I could turn back time, we’d rock around the clock

Presenting…

Published 3 July 2023

24 hours in the life of Kenny Everett

Hazell joins the ranks of TV’s private eyes

Published 5 June 2023

Thames Television’s new detective show gives TVTimes a reason to look at TV detectives in general

ITV in 1988: Thames

Published 16 March 2023

Inside Thames in 1988

Going underground

Published 4 April 2022

A trip to the ITN archives – deep under Goodge Street in London

Live from studio 3

Published 23 February 2022

Twice a week, Thames goes live to Teddington’s studio 3 for the show ‘Magpie’

Another chance to see… The Tyrant King

Published 9 December 2021

A creepy tourist-friendly film series

Another chance to see… Take Your Pick

Published 2 September 2021

One of the two quintessential ITV quiz shows

A new service for London

Published 30 July 2021

A nine-year-old turns on Rediffusion in 1968… and gets a surprise

Brearley opens, but Chataway’s in the running

Published 19 July 2021

Who’s promising what in the race to be Britain’s first breakfast TV contractor?

For the last time…

Published 3 May 2021

It’s 29 July 1968 and Rediffusion London comes on air for the very last time

The new look

Published 11 December 2020

Over on our refurbished Thames site, the Reading Evening Post looks in to what exciting programmes the new Thames Television will be offering us in 1968

Here comes the big new era

Published 12 October 2020

The new ITV is about to begin in 1968. Will it be all new, part new or the same old faces?

ITV’s Regional Strength

Published 9 October 2020

What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976

Lockdown 6-pack II

Published 25 April 2020

Six more articles to read to keep your mind alert during the lockdown

Carry on Euston

Published 29 November 2019

Over on our Thames Television sub-site, Gary Rodger takes us on a journey to Thames in 1984 as the management put out an emergency service when the staff go on strike

Back in time for TV: 1978

Published 24 July 2019

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1978 to find out what was on the telly…

Back in time for TV: 1975

Published 29 May 2019

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1975 to find out what was on the telly…

Forecast for colour

Published 24 May 2019

Colour is coming, and the February 1969 Thames staff magazine asks four department heads what they’re doing to get ready

Euston – a bird’s eye view

Published 16 May 2019

The new Thames Television studios are about to start rising on the Euston Road in February 1969

News at 9.00 – news at 10.00?

Published 7 May 2019

Barry Norman in The Times criticises News at Ten in 1971. Thames bites back immediately

Sentenced to death

Published 8 January 2019

Rediffusion’s chairman tears the ITA to shreds in his final address to shareholders in December 1967

Newsletter – 29 January 1971

Published 30 October 2018

The goings on inside Thames in January 1971

Private Eye’s take on the 1979 ITV strike

Published 25 October 2018

Satirical magazine Private Eye’s view of the ITV strike in 1979

Far from routine

Published 16 October 2018

A random day at Thames in 1970… planned to the very second

Newsletter – 22 October 1971

Published 2 October 2018

The goings on inside Thames in October 1971

Curse of the Mummy

Published 18 September 2018

The Thames staff newsletter goes behind the scenes of an episode of ‘Mystery and Imagination’ in September 1969

So You Want to Work in Television…

Published 4 September 2018

Thames provides a quick guide to what they can do for trainees wanting to enter television in 1977

How I grew up with ITV

Published 3 September 2018

Vic Gardiner of LWT remembers the first 25 years of ITV in 1980 – and his part in the network’s development

This is Thames

Published 21 August 2018

A 1979 promotional leaflet gives us a glimpse inside Thames Television’s plans for the 1980s

Tonight’s Independent Television… in 1968

Published 8 August 2018

A look at what was on ITV in the whole country on Thursday 8 August 1968

Making children’s programmes

Published 31 July 2018

Inside ITV’s biggest children’s department in 1977

Thames on the cover of the TVTimes

Published 31 July 2018

The programming powerhouse of Thames, as seen on the covers of the TVTimes

Thames in the ITA and IBA yearbooks

Published 31 July 2018

How Thames presented itself in every ITA/IBA yearbook from 1969 until 1988

Talk of Thames

Published 30 July 2018

Celebrating 50 years of London’s Weekday ITV: Thames – a talent for television

A Closer View

Published 30 July 2018

Behind the scenes at Thames in 1982

Company on the move

Published 30 July 2018

In-depth into Thames Television in 1977

Yorkshire Television presents…

Published 29 July 2018

Programmes coming this week in July 1968 from all of the New ITV that you can see on Yorkshire

Shotgun wedding

Published 18 June 2018

Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980

Tonight’s Thames Television and Channel 4… in 1985

Published 12 June 2018

A look at what was on Thames in London and Channel 4 on Wednesday 12 June 1985

Losers search for the silver lining

Published 31 May 2018

What will Thames, TVS, TSW and TV-am do next? Broadcast magazine speculates in September 1992

Thames puts faith in C5

Published 14 May 2018

Thames is left as the sole bidder for the new Channel 5 licence in 1992… but investors are restless

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